Oh, shitty economist forgot its publication is about economy. https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202109/14/P2021091400837.htm#:~:text=Hong%20Kong%20once%20aga

Oh, shitty economist forgot its publication is about economy. https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202109/14/P2021091400837.htm#:~:text=Hong%20Kong%20once%20again%20ranked%20as%20the%20world's%20freest%20economy&text=The%20Hong%20Kong%20Special%20Administrative,the%20World%202021%20Annual%20Report https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202109/14/P2021091400837.... HK is still the most freedom area in economy freedom ranking. How is that squared with "police state"? These type of sentiment among the people is like the typical reaction of the cultural adaptation of HK, in the background the reinforced tie with the mainland China. To link this to "police state" is a stereotype of Chinese society. This stereotyping is a well understood political propaganda campaign started since 1840. I.e., when the west realized the mighty Qing dynasty is so weak and wait for them to plunder, they start to manufacture an inferior sense on Chinese and China. For a simple fact: China's incarcerated population 121 per 100,000 of the national population, US 419 in state and federal prisons per 100,000. Great Britain is 131.5 per 100 thousand people in 2021 If you want to define a police state, then incarceration rate is a better index than a few political activists, especially those political activists are not patriotic towards their home country. It's like asking people naturalized in US to take an oath: ``` The Oath will ask you to swear that, as a new citizen of the United States, you will: Support and defend the values of the laws and Constitution of the United States against its enemies. ``` But these political activists will refuse to do so, and still demand to be naturalized.